Thursday, August 6, 2015

Camera Status Update 8/6/2015 08:00

Camera Status Update 8/6/2015 08:00

All cameras are operating, but, expect some intermittent operation today.

Important Notice: The camera streaming company is moving the cameras to a new and "eventually" better streaming platform. During this period (about a week) you can expect slow, intermittent, and sometimes unstable operation.
I am working with the streaming company during this time and once complete, the system should be better then ever. Thanks for you patience and understanding during this process.

Hey Den. Just a comment from me in IL. . I'm a novice on this computer stuff, but I've noticed that after I click on the Camera Pop Up that I want, the screen turns black and I watch 3 white dots run across the middle of the screen for a few seconds, then one of two things happen, either the camera shot comes on or I get a funky swirling white thingy in the middle of the screen that ends up taking me back to the Home Page.. This is a fairly recent thing that's been happening only in the past two weeks or so. I haven't had this happen before. Problems connecting to the cameras were a lot fewer before. Don't know if this is pertinent to the recent problems, but, there, that's my story from here..Love your work for us, Den. Penny in IL

Hello, if you guys could answer this it would help me. Today I was crossing the Mackinaw Bridge and saw the Burns a Harbor and Algorail. Anyways a month earlier I saw the Burns with its cool paint being black at the bow then fading to red. I had binoculars with me as we crossed the bridge and noticed that the Burns was all red? Has it by chance got a new paint within the last month?

Hard to say, don't think ship has been in layup since the winter. Below is link from this website [Thanks Dennis] showing new black paint last year [April 2014] Scroll down to see pic of Burns Harbor entering the ship canal.http://www.duluthharborcam.com/2014_04_01_archive.html

Here is another link showing pics over the years and in 2004 it was painted red. [Prior Owner]http://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/burnsharbor.htm

Only speculation, but the taconite cargos may have something to do with the rust color towards the stern [loading/unloading/dust/oxidation] or last time paint job, they used cheap black paint.